Silencing Mechanisms in Academia: Towards Collaborative Innovation to Support Critical Social Science
Critical social science (CSS) is a framework of social science that questions uneven relations of power to achieve transformative change towards equitable social outcomes. Scholars who pursue CSS are often politically and socially engaged to promote social progress, which puts them in direct conflic...
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| description | Critical social science (CSS) is a framework of social science that questions uneven relations of power to achieve transformative change towards equitable social outcomes. Scholars who pursue CSS are often politically and socially engaged to promote social progress, which puts them in direct conflict with hierarchies and hegemonic structures of power. As a result, CSS and scholars in this tradition have been the target of backlash that seeks to silence CSS in academia. We explain three dominant silencing mechanisms in academia that frame the backlash and attacks against CSS. Theorising collaborative innovation, we offer multilevel and inclusive design and solidarity as possible venues for resistance against the ongoing purge of CSS, which undermines autonomy, freedom of speech, and equality in academia. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4307ab3d380749e5b0e795323c420cf82025-01-24T13:15:17ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872024-12-01151510.3390/admsci15010005Silencing Mechanisms in Academia: Towards Collaborative Innovation to Support Critical Social ScienceMustafa F. Özbilgin0Cihat Erbil1Brunel Business School, Brunel University of London, London UB8 3PH, UKFaculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, 06560 Ankara, TurkeyCritical social science (CSS) is a framework of social science that questions uneven relations of power to achieve transformative change towards equitable social outcomes. Scholars who pursue CSS are often politically and socially engaged to promote social progress, which puts them in direct conflict with hierarchies and hegemonic structures of power. As a result, CSS and scholars in this tradition have been the target of backlash that seeks to silence CSS in academia. We explain three dominant silencing mechanisms in academia that frame the backlash and attacks against CSS. Theorising collaborative innovation, we offer multilevel and inclusive design and solidarity as possible venues for resistance against the ongoing purge of CSS, which undermines autonomy, freedom of speech, and equality in academia.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/15/1/5critical social sciencesilencecollaborative innovationneoliberalismhigher educationacademia |
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| title | Silencing Mechanisms in Academia: Towards Collaborative Innovation to Support Critical Social Science |
| title_full | Silencing Mechanisms in Academia: Towards Collaborative Innovation to Support Critical Social Science |
| title_fullStr | Silencing Mechanisms in Academia: Towards Collaborative Innovation to Support Critical Social Science |
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| title_short | Silencing Mechanisms in Academia: Towards Collaborative Innovation to Support Critical Social Science |
| title_sort | silencing mechanisms in academia towards collaborative innovation to support critical social science |
| topic | critical social science silence collaborative innovation neoliberalism higher education academia |
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